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Organic Gwen’s Midnight Plum Poppy Deep purple, luminescent petals on tall, elegant flower stalks with contrasting silver-green foliage. Blooms are longer lasting than many poppies, abundant from July well into fall, even resisting the first heavy freezes. Our original seed came from Gwen Fellows here in Naples, who has been letting this poppy naturalize in her gorgeous gardens for nearly a decade. It is truly spectacular. (Thanks, Gwen!)
80-90 days to maturity
Papaver somniferum
Organic Gwen's Midnight Plum Poppy
Transplant (recommended): Sow indoors 5 weeks before final frost, sowing 2 seeds per cell barely covered with soil. Thin to 1 & transplant once 3 true leaves have emerged, around (could be before) last frost, 6-8” between plants.
Direct Sow: Early spring, sow 8 seeds/foot & thin to 2/foot once true leaves emerge.
Sowing Date: As soon as soil can be worked
Seed Depth: 1/4 inch
Days to Germination: 7-21
Days to Maturity: 45
Plant spacing after thinning: 6-12 inches
Height: 24-36 inches
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